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  2. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    "I must have liberty withal, as large a charier us the wind, To blow on whom I please." --AS YOU LIKE IT. ...

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  3. AMERICA AND SPAIN.

    LONDON. Sunday Night.--Mr. Sherman, the United States Secretary of Stale, declares that a large indemnity will be claimed from Spain if it is proved that the explosion ...

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  4. ARRIVAL OF THE ALAMEDA.

    The R.M.S. Alameda, of the A. and A. Route, arrived here yesterday, after completing another fast run from San Francisco. Although a day, and a half late in leaving Golden Gate, the ...

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  5. FEDERATION.

    MELBOURNE. Monday.--The Convention bas dragged through another day. A block occurred over the last of the financial clauses--the clause that gives to the Commonwealth Parliament the ...

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  6. HURRICANE AT NEW CALEDONIA.

    NOUMEA, Monday.--A terrific hurricane from the south-east passed over New Caledonia on Tuesday night last, followed by another more severe from the south, doing considerable ...

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  7. FIFTH TEST MATCH

    There was another large attendance at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday, when the fifth test match between Australia and the English team was advanced a second stage. The ...

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  8. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Monday.--If Russia remains in possession of Port Arthur when Vladivostock and other northern ports are open in the summer, Japan will demand from China ...

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  9. INCITING TO WAR.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--Several of the New York newspapers are making extraordinary efforts to incite the Government to declare war against Spain. ...

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  10. THE GERMANS IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The German Ambassador at Pekin insists on the employment of German engineers and the use of German material in the construction of the ...

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  11. THE SOUDAN.

    LONDON, Monday Morning.--Mahmud, the Dervish General, and Osman Digna, have united their forces at Shendy, on the Nile. ...

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  12. AMERICA'S FIGHTING STRENGTH.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--Intelligence received from New York states that America is totally unprepared for war. The coast defences are insufficient, and ...

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  13. BRITISH RE-INFORCEMENTS.

    LONDON, Monday Morning.--A battalion of Seaforth Highlanders has been ordered to Assouan, where they will be kept in reserve in case of an emergency. ...

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  14. DETAILS OF THE PLAY.

    With 301 runs scored for the loss of half of their wickets, the Englishmen resumed batting with Druce and Hirst, who had each 43 to his credit. Jones aud Trott were the bowlers, much ...

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  15. THE POSITION IN SPAIN.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--From Madrid it is reported that the Spanish Cortes has been dissolved. ...

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  16. AMERICA AND SPAIN.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "New York Herald" publishes a statement that divers have found 11ft, of the 10in., armor-plates with which the warship Maine was sheathed ...

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  17. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--In his speech introducing the army estimates in the House of Commons, Mr. W. St. John F. Brodrick, Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office, ...

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  18. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 134 words
  19. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

    BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A terrible accident occurred at 1 o'clock this morning in the British mine, in the main working, at the 300ft. level. Rock drills were being used, and a number of ...

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  20. STRANDING OF THE VICTORIOUS.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--The court-martial with reference to the recent stranding of the battleship Victorious at Port Said has been concluded. ...

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  21. THE KING OF GREECE.

    LONDON, Monday Morning.--The Greek newspapers are unanimously indignant at the attempted assasssination at Phaleron Bay of King George. ...

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  22. PERSONAL.

    Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Webb, of London, who are known to all students of social science as the joint authors of a number of well-known Works, chiefly "Industrial Democracy," and the ...

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  23. INDIAN FRONTIER TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--News has been received from the north-west frontier of India to the effect that the Zakka Khels have submitted to the British authorities. ...

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  24. BUSINESS IN THE CONVENTION.

    The Convention this morning proceeded with the discussion on clause 98 of the hill, giving the Parliament power to take over tho whole or a ratable portion of the public debts of the States. ...

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  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--The Newfoundland Legislative Assembly has sanctioned the contract entered into by the Government for the transfer of the railway and telegraph systems of the ...

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  26. THE KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA.

    LONDON, Monday.--In the Diet of Prague (capital of Bohemia) the Czechs demanded the formation of the kingdom of Bohemia, including Moravia and Silesia, as mentioned ...

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  27. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--An Inquest was opened to-day on the body of an infant who died at Carlton on the 24th inst. The medical evidence showed that the body was very much emaciated, ...

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  28. ENGLISH ACTIVITY AGAINST TRADE UNIONS.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--The Free Labor Protection Association is preparing for introduction into Parliament hills with the object of penalising picketing and enforcing the ...

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  29. A CHARGE OF BIGAMY.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A man named Frederick Thos. Williams was committed for trial to-day on a charge of bigamy. The evidence showed that the accused was co-respondent in the Solly ...

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  30. SCARCITY OF FOOD IN SPAIN.

    LONDON, Monday.--There is an appalling scarcity of food in Spain, and the price of wheat has risen to an unprecedented extent. ...

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  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Minister for Agriculture, acting on the advice of the Inspector of Fruit, recently agreed to allow the importation of lemons from Italy and the eastern ...

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  32. BORACIC ACID IN BUTTER.

    With reference to the cable message published in "The Daily Telegraph" yesterday, relative to the prosecution by the Glamorganshire County Council of certain sellers of butter shipped at ...

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  33. THE FIRE INQUIRY BOARD.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The board appointed to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the recent big fire to-day took evidence concerning the telephone system. Superintendent Stein said ...

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  34. THE GERMAN NAVY.

    LONDON, Monday Morning.--The Reichstag Budget Committee has adopted the Navy Bill. It is believed that the measure has now been finally dealt with. ...

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  35. RETURN OF THE PRIMATE.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--Dr. Saumarez Smith, the Archbishop of Sydney, is a passenger by the steamer Ormuz, with his sister and two daughters. He stated that the Lambeth Conference ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--At the police court at South Brisbane to-day, William Archer, a prisoner at St. Helena, was charged with the murder of Warder Henry Dodd. The evidence of Warder ...

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  37. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER FOR LANDS.

    BERTH, Monday.--The Commissioner for Crown Lands, Mr. G. Throssell, while speaking at Newcastle on Saturday night, said that Federation was a matter of peculiar interest to the ...

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  38. THE TICK DISEASE.

    ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.--The stock inspector at Longreach, Springsure, and Barcaldine report that cattle appear to be healthy and clean, hut wet roads prevent stock from travelling. Mr. ...

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  39. FLOODS IN MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.-- An extraordinary downpour caused a complete suspension of pedestrian traffic in Elizabeth-street to-day. The water ran over the footpaths, and was a foot deep in ...

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  40. THE CHILLAGOE RAILWAY BILL.

    NORMANTON, Monday.--Two memoranda addressed to Mr. Sim, M.L.A., have been taken round, one expressing disapproval of his action in supporting the Chillagoe Railway Bill, and ...

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  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    At the Wesleyan Conference the Rev. J. Parsonson was elected president. The total membership of the Society of Friends in all parts of the world is now 112,413. a gain ...

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